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The recall and will serve out his term. dodging what would have been a serious blow to his party and his career in one of the nations biggest and bluest states. again, cnn projects that gavin newsom, the incumbent governor, defeats the recall and will remain governor of california. dana bash, this is a much earlier night than we thought. it is a good night for the democrats. a good night for gavin newsom. >> absolutely. a recall is by definition a referendum on the governor. and what the governo...

But, again, you know, the state is overwhelmingly democratic. so the question is whether there is a kind of ricochet effect. what happens in california around the country. i think the less son here for democrats is that donald trump still plays well as a foil, that is a repudiation of donald trump. any democratic states in blue states is still a major selling point. you have a candidate that -- that really is against everything that trump stood for and against trumpism in general. that is a posi...

What was really interesting, it came at a time, delta came along and had the sort of foil that ron desantis was, i think, for this election. >> thats huge. >> somebody like greg abbott in texas. you saw california do pretty well in terms of vaccine mandates and mask mandates. things that were very popular among the constituents there because it allowed them to get back to normal but also stay safe, a situation thats vastly different in places like florida and texas. >> just to pull the lens out ...

President, key democratic senators go out there. >> liz warren, barack obama did a commercial. >> exactly. and what theyre trying to do is frankly take advantage of the fact that the former president isnt going away. just the opposite. he is commenting. he doesnt have his twitter feed, but he has his e-mail and he is doing everything he can to stay involved and to keep his people within the republican party front and center. and the more hes out there, the more democrats are trying to take advan...

Tide there. i dont think it will work in all states, but in a blue state like california or purple state like virginia, it can work. >> some lessons are perpetual, if youre in trouble, you need a foil. appreciate having you both onto unpack this for us. were going to stick with california a little longer. up next, how the pandemic got californias governor into the recall mess and now his campaign has bet it will get him out. what lesson will he take away from the recall, does this make him str...

Vocal opposition to masks and vaccine mandates. but if democrats can basically get back to something close to a 50/50 distribution in the state, it would give them confidence about their ability to contest those two races, both of which were won by asian-american republican women so they present a tough demographic target for democrats. but they are certainly on the list of seats that democrats hope to win back. >> and finally, maeve, a few months ago, newsom looked like he was in real trouble. ...

Majority believe that science is real? and in the long term, right, if not 2022, if not 2024, isnt that going to come to hurt these gop politicians? >> i mean, the reality is when were looking at desantis case, for example, and as you mention my home state, so i get to live this on a daily basis, but looking at desantis, for example, hes banking on being vindicated in the way he felt he was in 2020. you know, we saw at the beginning of 2020, all the talk of the florida cases, and then later on, ...

Used by biden administration officials to describe the taliban and its help in ongoing vaccinations of americans from afghanistan. the taliban. let me just tell you a remarkable change in tone after nearly 20 years of war against the taliban and just ahead of the 20th anniversary of foil. jake tapper looks back at last two decades of the nations longest war in a special report called "what went wrong in afghanistan." here is a brief clip. >> i accept the fact that i was an economy of force and i...

$14,000 fine? ainsley: it says per violation. brian: republicans suing. republican governors are suing. tell me how this brings the country together and moves us any closer. ainsley: it will end up in the courts because its a mandate versus -- is it unconstitutional? brian: and he knew it when he did it. he is trying to distract us from afghanistan and he is trying to create a foil with republican governors so cnn has something to put on their show. ainsley: two days before 9/11. steve: the pres...

The far right interest groups ended up stumbling into this recall because they got enough petitions. the republicans uniting behind a moderate republican who is in line with the state on climate change and things like this, the republican party mirrors the party everywhere and they got behind larry elder, who is absolutely insane. hes talking about rebbe racials for slave owners. reparations against slave owners? is against vaccine mandates. elder is a foil has made the democrats go from bed-wet...